MT Chapter 3 A
The suffix in the term peritoneal is ___________, which means ___________.
-al, pertaining to
The suffix that means pain ...
-algia
The suffix that means hernia ...
-cele
The suffix that means pain ...
-dynia
The suffix in the term laryngeal is ...
-eal
The suffix meaning protein ....
-globin
Instrument to record:
-graph
Select the suffix that means process of recording:
-graphy
Which suffix means process of recording?
-graphy
The suffix in the term pneumonia is ____________, which means ____________.
-ia, condition
The suffix in the term chronic is ...
-ic
Resembling:
-oid
The suffix in the term mucoid is ...
-oid
Select the suffix that means little or small:
-ole
Select the suffix that means condition, usually abnormal:
-osis
The suffix in the term cardiomyopathy is ...
-pathy
Which suffix means disease condition?
-pathy
Select the suffix that means deficiency:
-penia
Which suffix added to acr/o will create a word that means a fear of heights?
-phobia
The suffix in the term acrophobia is ________________, which means ____________.
-phobia, fear
prolapse:
-ptosis
Opposite of -malacia:
-sclerosis
Select the suffix that means hardening:
-sclerosis
Instrument to visually examine:
-scope
The suffix meaning process of visually examining is ...
-scopy
The suffix in the term laryngoscopy is _________ which means _______________.
-scopy, process of visual examination
Select the suffix that means stopping, controlling:
-stasis
The suffix in the term metastasis is ...
-stasis
Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body:
-stomy
Treatment:
-therapy
The suffix that means instrument to cut:
-tome
The suffix meaning process, condition ...
-y
Small veins ...
venule
Very small vessels that collect blood from the capillaries and join to form veins are ...
venules.
The combining form meaning life ...
bi/o
The combining form that means eyelid ...
blephar/o
The suffix -lysis means ...
breakdown, separation.
Protrusion of the urinary bladder through the vaginal wall is a cyst_______.
cele
The combining form that means cartilage ...
chondr/o
What is the term for surgical repair of cartilage?
chondroplasty
Jamie visited the campus clinic with complaints of itching and burning around her vaginal opening and a greenish-yellow vaginal discharge. A smear of a specimen of the discharge indicated she had gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease caused by a diplo___________ bacterium.
coccal
Hernia of the urinary bladder:
cystocele
Select the combining form that means sharp or severe:
acu/o
Surgical repair of a blood vessel is __________.
angioplasty
Small artery is a(n):
arteriole
A synonym for arthrodynia is ...
arthralgia.
Which term means surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint?
arthrocentesis
The medical term for the surgical removal of plaque is ...
atherectomy.
Carcino______ means producing or forming cancer.
genesis
Choose the correct spelling for the word that means the stopping of the flow of blood.
hemostasis
The combining form meaning liver is ....
hepat/o
The combining form meaning tissue:
hist/o
Excess cells due to an increased rate of cell division is termed...
hyperplasia.
Excessive development:
hypertrophy
The combining form that means groin:
inguin/o
The term that literally means to hold back blood from a part of the body.
ischemia
One who specializes in treating diseases of the kidney is a nephrolog
ist
Mr. Chaney's physician told him that his chronic productive cough is from excess mucus secretion by an inflamed bronchial tree. Inflammation of the bronchi is called bronch_______.
itis
The combining form that means abdomen, abdominal wall ...
lapar/o
Removal of the voice box:
laryngectomy
The combining form meaning white ....
leuk/o
The suffix -ole means ...
little or small.
This type of cell produces antibodies ...
lymphocyte.
Osteo__________ is softening of bones.
malacia
What is the term for removal of breast tissue?
mastectomy
The combining form that means shape, form ...
morph/o
The combining form that means spinal cord, bone marrow ...
myel/o
X-ray record of the spinal cord:
myelogram
What is the term for bone marrow tumor?
myeloma
death:
necr/o
All of the following terms relate to pain except...
necrotic.
Pain in the chest wall muscles aggravated by breathing is called pleur_______.
odynia
Removal and viewing of living tissue from the body is a bi______.
opsy
Choose the term that means softening of the bone.
osteomalacia
Pain in the ear:
otalgia
Select the combining form that means disease:
path/o
The prefix that means surrounding or around is ...
peri-
The folded layer of connective tissue that surrounds the heart is called the ...
pericardium
The suffix -ac means ...
pertaining to.
Select the combining form that means to eat, swallow:
phag/o
Select the combining form that means formation, development:
plas/o
Blepharo_______ is drooping of the eyelid.
ptosis
A combining form meaning kidney is ....
ren/o
Enlargement of the spleen in termed...
splenomegaly.
Clusters of berry-shaped bacteria are...
staphylococci.
The combining form that means twisted chains ...
strept/o
The suffix -um means ...
structure, tissue, thing.
Define the medical term amniocentesis:
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo
Angioplasty means:
surgical repair of a blood vessel
Select the combining form that means chest:
thorac/o
A phlebo_________ is the incision of a vein.
tomy
Inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat:
tonsillitis
The procedure that creates a permanent artificial opening in the trachea is a ...
tracheostomy
Incision of the trachea ...
tracheotomy
A___________ means condition of no griwth.
trophy
Removal of the larynx is a laryng__________.
ectomy
On Monday, Maria attended classes to learn the process of recording the electrical impulses of the heart, termed:
electrocardiography.
The physician's admitting note on Todd Johnson's chart indicated that Todd presented with fatigue, pallor, and easy bruising. Blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy revealed that Todd had an excessive increase in the number of abnormal or cancerous white blood cells, or leuk______.
emia
A red blood cell is known as a(n) ...
erythrocyte.
Red blood cells are called ...
erythrocytes
